Henry Fork Tributary to South Fork Catawba River
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Catawba Burke
City	Hickory
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Henry Fork and Catawba River
• location	about 0.25 miles southeast of Propst Mountain
• coordinates	35°36′48″N 081°45′09″W / 35.61333°N 81.75250°W / 35.61333; -81.75250[1]
• elevation	2,750 ft (840 m)[2]
Mouth	South Fork Catawba River
• location	about 3 miles southwest of Startown, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°38′09″N 081°18′30″W / 35.63583°N 81.30833°W / 35.63583; -81.30833[1]
• elevation	798 ft (243 m)[2]
Length	39.78 mi (64.02 km)[3]
Basin size	114.53 square miles (296.6 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	South Fork Catawba River
• average	181.79 cu ft/s (5.148 m3/s) at mouth with South Fork Catawba River[4]
Basin features
Progression	northeast then southeast
River system	Catawba River
Tributaries
• left	Hipp Creek Stacy Creek Laurel Creek Cub Creek Tims Creek Longview Creek Geitner Branch Borger Branch Muddy Creek
• right	He Creek Ivy Creek Rock Creek Abes Creek
Waterbodies	unnamed reservoir
Bridges	Watershed Road (x3), Rich Mountain Road, Bobs Knob Road, Enola Road, Old NC 18, River Road (x3), NC 18, Mountain Springs Mountain Road, Warrick Chapel Road, Miller Bridge Road, Johnson Bridge Road, Henry River Road, Old Shelby Road, S Center Street, Brookton Blvd., Sandy Ford Road, US 321

Henry Fork is a 39.78 mi (64.02 km) long 4th order tributary to South Fork Catawba River in Burke and Catawba Counties, North Carolina.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

• Henrixy River
• Henrys River

Course

Henry Fork rises about 0.25 miles southeast of Propst Mountain in Burke County, North Carolina. Henry Fork then flows northeast into Catawba County then southeast to form South Fork Catawba River with Jacob Fork about 3 miles southwest of Startown.^[2]

Watershed

Henry Fork drains 114.53 square miles (296.6 km²) of area, receives about 51.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 310.54 and is about 65% forested.^[4]